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The Metaverse : and how it will revolutionize everything / Matthew Ball.

By: Publisher: New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, c2022Edition: First editionDescription: xv, 336 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1324092033
  • 9781324092032
Other title:
  • Meta-verse
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.48/34 23/eng/20220630
LOC classification:
  • TK5105.8864 .B35 2022
Contents:
What is the Metaverse? ; A brief history of the future ; Confusion and uncertainty ; A definition (finally) ; The next internet -- Building the Metaverse: Networking ; Computing ; Virtual world engines ; Interoperability ; Hardware ; Payment rails ; Blockchains -- How the Metaverse will revolutionize everything: When will the Metaverse arrive? ; Meta-business ; Metaverse winners and losers ; Metaversal existence.
Summary: "From the leading theorist of the Metaverse comes the definitive account of the next internet: what the Metaverse is, what it will take to build it, and what it means for all of us"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is the Metaverse? ; A brief history of the future ; Confusion and uncertainty ; A definition (finally) ; The next internet -- Building the Metaverse: Networking ; Computing ; Virtual world engines ; Interoperability ; Hardware ; Payment rails ; Blockchains -- How the Metaverse will revolutionize everything: When will the Metaverse arrive? ; Meta-business ; Metaverse winners and losers ; Metaversal existence.

"From the leading theorist of the Metaverse comes the definitive account of the next internet: what the Metaverse is, what it will take to build it, and what it means for all of us"-- Provided by publisher.

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